Lottery/Sweepstakes Fraud

Winning Lottery Letter Scam: How It Works

(with video below) This is the most common scam email that people receive. It can also come through the regular mail as a letter. The recipients are informed that they have won millions of dollars at some lottery.

Some of the most used names are: International Postcode Lottery, People Postcode Lottery, Gmail Lottery, Microsoft Lottery, Coca-Cola Lottery, Spanish Lottery, Dream Lottery, Reader's Digest Lottery or Publishers Clearing House. The victims are given "confirmation" numbers, just so the winnings look official. How does the scam work

Watch the video below to see in action how the Lottery/Sweepstakes scam works.

The letter starts with the classic: "We are delighted to inform you of the results of the lottery" then procedes to inform you that some winning names and numbers were released and yours is amongst them.

"Lottery Designed To Promote 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2020 Olympic Games"

The letter claims that the program was designed to promote the 2018 FIFA World Cup hosted by Russia and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. To claim your winnings you are invited to contact an agent (such as "Michael Dean" from Westpac Financial Consultants, but don't be fooled - the names could be changed in any letter), who will ask you for some "minor taxes" in order to release the money.

Here is a picture of the latest letter going around:

But that's not all.

Here Is A Different Variation of the Lottery Scam

In a different variation of the scam, crooks claim they are winners of the lottery and are looking to donate the proceeds.

The email going around looks like the one below, geographically targeted for where you are:

"This is a personal mail directed to you. My wife and I won 148.6 million Euro in the 2015 Euro Millions jackpot and have voluntarily decided to donate one million dollar to few credible people from our winnings to enable them start a charity project. This will be of great importance to the society.

You can verify our winnings by visiting the web pages below. (followed by fake links)

Yours Sincerely,

Gillian & Adrian Bayford"

The way the scam works is: in order to get your money, you are required to pay a certain fee, such as 5% from the whole amount. This is considered to be a processing fee or governmental fee that all the winners have to pay.

Winning Lottery Letter Scam: How It Works

You can never win a lottery without participating. Don't believe that somebody else might have put your name in the draw. You might also notice that the notifications always refer to you as "Dear Winner", but never "Dear John" (or whatever your name is).

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Swagbucks.com is the world's largest free online rewards program. You get paid by doing things online such as searching the web, discover products, take surveys, watch videos, or play games. You can also get free iTunes and Amazon cards. The company has a A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. You can register for free HERE. They even have a $5 sign up bonus.

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How to report:

Make your family and friends aware of this scam by sharing it on social media using the buttons provided. You can also officially report the scammers to the Federal Trade Commission using the link below:

Watch out for the iPhone WhatsApp Empowerment Program 2018 email scam!!! Got it this morning, here it is:

Director Whatsapp <whatsapp.0111@outlook.com>

FROM IPHONE WHATS-APP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM ®2018

APPROVAL OF AWARD WINNING PRIZE OF $500,000.00USD FOR DELIVERY/TRANSFER.

-ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS WHATSAPP NUMBER,

This is to notify you that your whats-App number as indicated to you was drawn and attached to ticket number WILC1229DBR with serial numbers ESW/WIN/008/03/18/MA and drew the lottery numbers 81-95-64-12-56-98 which subsequently has won $500,000.00USD (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in the IPHONE WHATSAPP PROMOTION. The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in London United Kingdom in which your whatsapp number was picked randomly by computerized balloting, powered by the Internet. Your mobile number is amongst one of the 10 jackpot winners in this year, we are glad to inform you that you are one of the winners of The UK and USA Whats-App Company Empowerment Program Worldwide sponsored by the Apple Company Inc

The UK and USA Whats-App Company Empowerment Program has been on for three years now and we have changed the lives of many since then. Your life is about to be changed as you are one of the lucky Winners of our Annual Whats-App financial empowerment program sponsored yearly bonus promotional, Your winning cash prize of $500,000.00USD (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),will be paid to you soon as you meet with the requirements.

ITEMS IN YOUR PARCEL INCLUDES:

1) HARD COPY OF YOUR PAYMENT DEMAND DRAFT OF $500,000.00 US DOLLARS

2) HARD COPY OF INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CERTIFICATE

3) HARD COPY OF FUND RELEASE ORDER CERTIFICATE

4) HARD COPY OF AWARD WINNING CERTIFICATE

5) ONE APPLE MACBOOK AIR LAPTOP

6) ONE IPHONE 8 MOBILE

7) ONE IPAD 4 TABLET

I wish to inform you that all authorities involved have certified payment of your Whatsapp Number Draws Claims amount of $500,000.00USD. (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ONLY), which is the prize money from Whatsapp empowerment program number Draws. Be informed that instruments of payment for the sum of $500,000.00USD (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to you is already in our possession and shall be processed upon meeting the requirements stated below. You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you; you are required to select the more convenient of the two.

You are advised to complete the below form and send it back to enable us start the process of releasing your winning fund to you.

There are options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

{Option 1:} Your prize money will be wired to your bank account via an automated Direct Wire Transfer System operated by nominated Payment center. Hence you would be required to send us your Bank information, i.e..

Full name...

Address...

Age...

Sex...

Nationality...

Mobile Number...

State Of Origin..

Marital Status...

Occupation...

Bank name...

Bank account number...

Bank branch, Swift/iban codes

Id proof....

{Option 2:} The delivery system is the diplomatic delivery system because of the important content of your parcel. We are working with the WHATSAPP Number Lottery Promotion Department to ensure a successful delivery of your parcel. The parcel will be delivered to you by our International Courier Diplomat (please you are allowed to correct or amend your contact information in your next mail) You will be required to send your international passport, driver’s license or ID card to me via email attachment as it will be used for a proper identification of you during delivery of your winning cash to you by the Diplomatic Courier Company.

Full name...

Address...

Age...

Sex...

Nationality...

Mobile Number...

State Of Origin..

Marital Status...

Occupation...

Id proof

I expect an email or call from you immediately fill the Application form Letter and making a selection from the two options above.

Congratulations and have a wonderful week.

I wish you on behalf of all members and staff of UK AND USA WHATSAPP COMPANY LTD. congratulate you as you expect your wining prize and I hope you spend your money wisely and to the betterment of your community and wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune thank you for being part of our commemorative Annual Anniversary Draws.

Past winners around the world full of excitement

Best Regards,

Yours faithfully,

Whats-App Inc.

Corporate Address: 650 Castro Street,

Suite 120-219. Mountain View, California,

94041. United States of America.

Award promotion Office.

Loomis Unit 3,

Axis 22, Athlon Road,

Alperton Haq 2yg

United Kingdom

Tell: 447751555174

Email: whatsapp.0111@outlook.com

Dr.Mark Martin

Tell: 447751555174

Promotion Commissioner

Copyright Whats-app ®2018

24th, April 2018

Posted By: Roberto Valtierra

THIS IS ANOTHER SCAM 1DAY OLD BEWARE OF THESE CLOWNS!!!!!
Trying to rob me im PINKY NICCAH!

Congratulations Dear Beneficiary for having this great opportunity to receive this funds from our Money gram channel, be right informed that a proper arrangements has been made regarding this transfer of your first payment as the IMF has approved it to be transferred to you through this Money gram Money Transfer World wide.

So following the instructions given to me by International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to transfer this fund to you, you are required to obtain Clearance Certificate from the IMF office before i can start transferring the funds to you. So the Clearance Certificate will cost you only $189 and once the certificate is obtained, i will start transferring $5,000 to you everyday until your total fund is completely transferred to you.

So get back to me now if you are ready so that i will give you the information to send the money to enable this transfer to commence and note that without this Clearance Certificate i cannot be able to transfer the fund to you as required.

Congratulations once again,
Regards,
Mr. Lewis Maxwell.

2nd, April 2018

Posted By: Fila Fetisov

This all scam.

17th, March 2018

Posted By: Seare

Here is another one:
YOUR MOBILE NUMBER HAS JUST WON € 2,000,000.00 IN THE EURO MILLIONS MEGA PROMO,FOR CLAIM SEND EMAIL YOUR NAME,CONTACT No & COUNTRY TO eurmillionpay@outlook.com

5th, October 2017

Posted By: jenna c

I got this email from a "lottery winner". Beware, it's a scam!

Hello,

I'm Mr. Merle Butler the mega winner of $218M In Mega Millions Jackpot,
I'm donating to 5 random individuals if you get this email then your
email was selected after a spin ball.I have spread most of my wealth
over a number of charities and organizations. I and my wife Patricia
Butler have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $2 Million USD to
you as one of the selected 5, to verify my winnings please see my you
tube page below.

WATCH ME HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXDhZZFzJ34

THIS IS YOUR DONATION CODE: [ 0043034]

Reply with the DONATION CODE to this email: merlpbutler@gmail.com

Hope to make you and your family happy.

Regards
Merle and Patricia Butler

17th, September 2017

Posted By: cocacola.customerscare

This is our Coca-cola Headquarter Official E-mail ID. For any queries or assistant for your Award Prize. Kindly contact us on: cocacola.customerscare@gmail.com

16th, April 2017

Posted By: Theresa Legg

I was advised to contact this site to claim my winnings. I sent 200$ on Saturday and finds are supposed to be available to me today. It was a facebook promotion involved the F.B.I., I.R.S., Facebook and now Chase Bank.

4th, April 2017

Posted By: Franklin

Always sent me I won but until now nothing

27th, February 2017

Posted By: msdava

edwards

Your ZORPIA ID account profile has won prize of 1,500, 000. 00 dollars with this winning No: (FG436/5551/676IR)
contact promotion Manager with this email address for more information (zorpia.office3 @gmail.com)

14th, December 2016

Posted By: Riazul Islam

A few days ago, I had got a message from +8801976933566 and told that you got 500000 pounds in Uk cocacola promo 2016. I want to know its false or true.

27th, October 2016

Posted By: Heidi

I am in the process of someone trying to scam me now. They are an agent that works for Facebook lottery system and my email was randomly picked out of the millions. This was a two person job though. first I had this lady Dennis Taylor tell me she seen my name on this winners list and to contact the agent. Then Agent- Jo Edwards introduces himself and tells you that you are the winner of 200,000 they even send a certificate , only catch is you have to pay 500 dollars to get your winnings. I was stupid enough to give them my address , phone and name. But I am also smart enough to report them to the FBI.

17th, September 2016

Posted By: Joel B Champagne

I was contacted by a Facebook friend who said she'd won some money. Also said she'd seen my name on list of winners. Gave me a message number to verify winnings. All verified but had to pay UPS fee of $1450 for insurance and security before I get my winnings. Did so but no check. Check held by AMI IRS PENDING payment of $4450 for MI income tax. And on and on but no check forthcoming for winnings.

Hi there, I believe this is a scam that needs to be posted/ reported. I did my due diligence and googled it before calling. So I did not experience the result first hand - but google has lots of hits on it, when you google the subject line: Super TicTAcToe Lottery scam. You receive the card in the mail, you scratch it, you win (everyone does), you call to claim your prize by which you are subjected to a sales pitch. This is it in a nut shell: https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1060824

Send your Name, Age and Tel: to Mrs. Berniece Alden at
[berniecealden@gmail.com] for confirmation and how to
claim your prize

EPL Notification Department

I got this in an email, is this a scam?

28th, October 2015

Posted By: Rick Mendham

I was scammed
I only gave them my name and address and age.
No financial details.
Am I still in danger?

27th, October 2015

Posted By: Sarah Rowell

Attention,
This is to inform you that your Two Million United States Dollars
($2M) Lottery Win will be send to you via Western Union Money Transfer, unless you want complete payment at a time by bank draft or ATM Card which is also acceptable by the organizers of this payment.
The total amount mentioned above was awarded to your email address for winning a first category in World Lottery Association (WLA) 2015 draw; your payment is available at Western Union Outlet in Cotonou, Benin Republic which is where your payment was allocated.

Note that you will be receiving Five Thousand United States Dollars
($5,000.00) every day until the total amount is transferred unless you decide to receive the payment by bank draft or ATM Card all at a time.
To receive payment, contact Mr. Daniel Fatah by email:( dany.fatah@hotmail.com ) he's the Western Union Payment supervisor and ask him to give you the Coded Number you need to pick up the first
$5,000.00 today which is after you have offset your revenue TAX of that country, he will require from you:

Note: The only money you will send to him is that country's revenue TAX on foreign transactions, he will need it before your first MTCN will be issued officially in the Western Union network and then given to you-which means no deducting of winning funds until complete claim, contact him now. Winners are mandated to keep this notification private/secret to avoid fraudulent claim pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

Yours in Service
Monica Dean Ross

20th, October 2015

Posted By: WAHID

Google/Gmail And Yahoo Promotion.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of five hundred thousand united state dollars($ 500,000.00 USD ) for the year 2015 Lottery promotion which is organized by GOOGLE/GMAIL LOTTERY INC,OUTLOOK& MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8 LIVE. The MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail, Gmail we only select five people as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
NOTE: FOR CLAIMS OF WINNING PRIZE YOU MUST CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION TO OPEN YOUR CLAIMS FILE.
Contact Email: (gwm.nwxoff@qq.com)
1. FULL NAMES: 2. HOUSE ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION: 4. SEX: 5. AGE:
6. DIRECT PHONE NO: 7. COUNTRY:
Thank you and congratulations once again!

17th, October 2015

Posted By: Ion

I just received this email, beware!

Hello: your Email-ID Won you a lump sum of(£10,000,000 GBP and Toyota car) with other prizes. Reply Back For Claims/redemption with this info Names, country,Tel,Gender,Address,Occupation).
(kellywhite0303@gmail.com)
Regards,
Mrs. Tim Link.

We will like you to know that your Fund $5.8Million dollars has been release to us by the
UNITED NATION Benin With President DR YAYI BONI in Conjunction With the FBI
AND CIA to release the sad amount to you.

It is our pleasure to inform you that ATM Card Serial Number;4577_9324_6316_0548
have been approved in your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is 1500.
The ATM Card Value is $5.8MILLION USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal
value of $10,000 USD is permitted on withdrawal per Day and we are duly Inter Switch and
you can make withdrawal in any Inter Switch location and ATM Center of your choice.

You may think that we are scamming you but that was a typical lie this is real and no
one will ever scam you form this DHL and get away with it.

I want to give you some tracking listed for other people who have received their own
ATM CARD through our service and right now they are all enjoying it with no complain
cheek this tracking listed by typing our (website) then put 1(2896411641) 2 (2896411652)
3 (2896412061) (2897840175) if you must want to talk to any of this people who have
already received their own CARD I will provide you their contact details to verify
form them if this is real or not.

After sending the fee you are required to forward us the following information.

senders Name:
senders Country:

I would advice you to go ahead and pay your delivery charges and receive your ATM
MASTER CARD in less than 48hours and began to enjoy your life like other who have
received their own note that if we don’t hear form you until 7 working days your ATM
CARD will be cancel and the fund will be transferred back to the CENTRAL BANK OF
BENIN AS UNCLAIMED FUND.

Thanks and God bless
Mr.RICHARD PETER
Tel.: +229_6882_6425

13th, October 2015

Posted By: Ben

I received a letter last week that I have won 1000,000 U.S.A dollars and later on a guy named Richard asked me to pay 1000,30,000 cash as
reward clearance. This was a very tricky plan but god is perfect I wrote back that if the won gift is to be delivered in that way,I would never accept it
and adviced "Richard" to send that reward to a needy charity elsewhere,since that time no reply has been brought to me. I thank god for His guidance on this.

9th, October 2015

Posted By: Donna

I received a email also from gmai. Saying my email address was picked along with 7 others to receive 750,000. And some windows phone they said a check will be in my mail box in 4 days. What I don't get is if its a scam what do they get out of it. They didn't ask for money or my bank information. I don't get it.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the recent results of the FREELOTTO INTERNATIONAL EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 1st of September 2015. You were entered as dependent clients
with: Reference Serial Number:F2-003-036 and Batch number FR/45-300-07. Your email address attached to the ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30 that draw the lucky winning number,which consequently won the
Daily new year Jackpot in the first category,in four parts.You have been approved for a payment of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file reference number: TFR/9900034943/JPT.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and co-operate bodies that are listed online.This
email promotion takes place every month. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this, your $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment office in United Kingdom.Our Fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,Please be warned.click on the website link below to view the photo page of some of our recent lucky winners.
http://www.freelotto.com/winners.asp FreeLotto Winning Draw Results for 28th August, 2015.

***********************************************************************
The freelotto Internet draw is held every month and is so organized to encourage the use of the Internet and computer worldwide. We are proud to say that over 400 millions U.S Dollars are won annually in more than 118
countries Worldwide. Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using Free Lotto addresses, but are not from The Free Lotto.

NB: You are advised to keep your winning strictly confidential until your winning is processed and received by you.
This is to avoid double claiming which could lead to disqualification.

22nd, September 2015

Posted By: Mrs Jones

Received a friend request. Didn't know person after it stayed up so long, I confrimed and said (I don't know you how do you know me. if not a mean friend request we can talk on (fb) introduced her self as living in NY and working for (fb) I did same...before I proceed (her speaking) had I heard or been informed about the facebook compensation promo.. was asked by C.E.O. to pass good news of my winning ...asked had staff informed me....a random selection and I was a winner for 500.000.00 usd(on Sept. 1, 2015. need name and other ID to send by ATM or CHECK. I am among 15 winners ****is this legit*******posted a check with my name on it..a letter from facebook (to winners of the lottery drawing in Sugust must report before September 1st****..her dates didn't match fb lottery drawing dates

12th, September 2015

Posted By: Mika

receive a email from Mrs Cristina Fernando . said i won in google lottery . google lottery power by google

31st, August 2015

Posted By: D.M.Neil Jayathissa

Is the Mrs .Cherry Reid authorized person from Zorpia team and is real wining amount of £ 850,000.00 what they say that I won your lottery? Please message below I received is ture

Please be informed that you are to comply with the instructions given to you by the Sainsbury's Bank to ensure a quicker and successful opening of your online account so we can be able to deposit your lottery fund into the online bank account for you to proceed with the transfer to your desired bank account.

All you have to do is send your already filled information and a clear copy of your valid identity card (driver's license or passport id) to the bank manager on -

Email: sainsburys60@outlook.com

sainsburysonlinetransfer-uk@outlook.com

sainsburysonlineservice-uk@outlook.com

Transfer manager: Mr. James Luckas

Tel: +44 703 194 7739

Once you send a mail to the Sainsbury Bank of London, you will be requested to open an online account where we would be able to deposit your lottery fund into for swift transfer by you into your personal bank account in your country.

This is because you would not be able to receive the funds direct in your country, because it might be considered an act of money laundry due to the amount involved. So as a reputable company like ours we have to follow legal procedure. That is why you have to open a bank account first at the Sainsbury's Bank here in UK so we can deposit the lottery fund into your online account before it can be transferred by you to your desired bank account.

Please you're strongly advised to comply with the bank transfer policy in order to facilitate the immediate transfer of your lottery funds into your own bank account.

I wish on behalf of all members and staff of Zorpia! to congratulate you on your award, and wish you the best of Luck as you make good use of your fortune.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
This e-mail has been issued to you in order to officially inform you that we
have completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was
issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly
developed technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered
that your e-mail address was automatically selected by an Online Balloting
System, this has legally won you the sum of $2.4million USD from a Lottery
Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we
discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and
we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT.

Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED
BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on
your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the world
wined, so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay,
henceforth the stated amount of $2.4million USD has been deposited with IMF.
We have completed this investigation and you are here by approved to receive
the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and
100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with IMF
you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery
Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Cotonou, Benin
Republic. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the
following,

(1) Deposit Fee's ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )
(2) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to
your home address)

The total amount for everything is $98.00 We have tried our possible best to
indicate that this $98.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we
found out that the funds have already been deposited IMF and cannot be
accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required
to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this your transaction In
order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge ( Mr. Mark Ben ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:

You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on
how to send the required $98.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of
$2.4million USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include
the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this
transaction: EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is
authorizing you to pay the required $98.00 ONLY to Mr. Mark Ben information in
which he shall send to you,

I just received this email from this scammer Harold Diamond. Here is the content-beware!!!

Re: My Donation To You!!!

Mr Harold Diamond (mrharoldd88@foxmail.com)

mrharoldd88@foxmail.com
God Bless You And Your Family

My entire family is pleased to read your reply to us. I am Mr. Harold Diamond I am a 80 years old , and i am from Wurtsboro, New York, but now Moved to United Kingdom in January after i won the Mega Millions jackpot of $326,000,000.00 million in November 4, 2014, My jackpot was a gift from God to me and my entire family, I have agreed to do the will of God. I may not know you, but I believe if you were chosen by God to receive our donation of $2,000,000 USD. You must be a God fearing individual, I am a catholic and i believe that Good things happens to those people who wait and also believe.

I am very grateful to you for the interest shown in my plight and i hope this information meet you well as i know you will be curious to know why/how i selected you to receive a cash sum of Two Million US Dollars, our information below is 100% legitimate.I want to assure you that you will be greatly rewarded for what you have chosen to do. Although we know each other for the first time but i believe our father in heaven has directed us to you as i prayed and searched over the internet for assistance because i saw your profile on a list of registered email addresses provided to us by Microsoft list/Google list from which i picked you.

Be assured you stand no risk as this is our money,for source and verification please see the link below:

Please you can read more about me by Viewing this: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/retired-new-york-principal-wins-326m-mega-millons-jackpot-article-1.2074880

I decided to donate part of the money to Individuals and i told some Ministers about this which they said was a welcome idea and promised they will get us a list of some people who can help others with this donation and put smile in the face of the needy, I decided to select our self by going to Microsoft and Google to make a research. We decided to elope to United Kingdom because of my wife poor health and ever since i won this lottery different taxes have been fallen upon me and much are coming, my pastor and my able minister's of God advice me to move to United-Kingdom with my family rather than paying Tax each week.

Our donation OF $2,000,000.00 us dollars may not be much to you but i believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of living like my Mega Millions Jackpot did to me, I would like you to fill the below and return back to us and my entire household will be glad for you to visit us after this donation gets to you. Do this on time so you can contact the payout bank for further directives to receive donation,

Name:
Address:
Age:
Sex:
Phone Number:
Occupation:

With this document you will contact the finance firm to arrange the transfer of the fund to you as soon as possible

I do not want to ask you for your ID as i do not want to leave an impression in your mind that i want to steal your identity). I do hope that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your country. I will employ you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society as soon as my donation gets to you

I hope to read from you soon
Mr. Harold Diamond

30th, August 2015

Posted By: jessica price

It's a scam guys they get your money if someone falls for this and you don't get anything at all but they get your money and every other penny too when they get your account number ! These foreign people are going to rot in a foreign prison somewhere soon and I will be so happy when they do too ! I'm actually the reason that 3 of them are going to prison here any day now thanks to the fbi of Youngstown Ohio for the foreign frauds that tried to scam me :) I'll not stop until I bust as many as I can of these horrible p.o s foreigners ! They need to go open a slurpie store like the rest of them and stop ripping off people ! They won't think it's so fun when they're in prison and never able to scam again :) I'll be laughing then sure will be :)

I received this email on the 21/06/2015... CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION! AWARD PROMOTION! YEAR “2015” From The Head Office of Sweepstakes National Lottery Award “2015” Head Office Address: 51-75 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR Contact Agent: Mr. Maxwell Edward: E-mail: edwardmaxwellpayagent@fastservice.com TEL; +27 78 906 2367. / Fax; +27 86 571 5563 REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/2015-271040 BATCH NO: 2015APL#L015 WINNER NO: 31 Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you that your emails/company address has been selected for a cash prize offer as registered member of Internet E-mail user. You have subsequently won the sum of Seven Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars Only [US$720,000.00] from the Sweepstakes National Lottery international emails award promotion draw on the l2th of June, “2015”. All participants were selected from worldwide websites through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania, as part of international "e-mails" award promotions program, which is conducted annually for prominent ms -word users all over the world, and to encourage the user of internet and alleviate poverty worldwide
As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security code MSW/APL/XX2015, REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/2015-271040, BATCH NO: 2015APL#L015 to your claiming agent. (Regarding the process to transfer your prize by our African payment offshore Bank in South Africa, kindly contact your claim agent immediately with bellow information: Contact Claim Agent Name: Mr. Maxwell Edward. E-mail: edwardmaxwellpayagent@fastservice.com Telephone: +27 78 906 2367 Fax: +27 86 571 5563 Provide us with your full details for your payment Full Name Surname/First: Telephone Number: Address/City: Country Origin: Occupation: Date of Birth: Gender: Email:
Endeavor to call or email the agency your full details such as your winning information. If you do not contact your claims (AGENT) within 72 hours of this notification, your winning could be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning information secret to avoid double claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner. Congratulations once again!!! Regards, Mrs. Julian Anderson (Announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Mark Philip [Director].
NOTICE: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO. KINDLY CONTACT YOUR PAYMENT AGENT ABOVE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS.I decided to reply to Mr Maxwell Edward with....
Is this True or just a scam????Which I sent on the 30/07/2015.I received an email back the following morning 31/07/2015 at 07:39am....saying...

We wish to acknowledge receipt of your message to this office in respect to your Lottery winning notification and claim Congratulations.

It is our obligation to inform you that we have been mandated to process, release and transfer your winning fund by Sweepstakes Lottery Award promotions. We are mandated to supervise, assist and monitor the claim and payment of winners of the Lottery from the designated bank here in South Africa.

However, we want to clearly inform you that the Lottery draw was actually held and was conducted by Sweepstakes Lottery Award promotions to help eradicate poverty round the world. In their efforts to help the poor people of the world, Sweepstakes Lottery decided to introduce this Lottery draws. As a matter of fact, one is not expected to play in this Lottery draw before becoming a winner. Winners were selected from web services provider that are affiliated to Microsoft world wide.

Fortunately, so many people including corporate bodies have benefited from this gesture. It is a good thing that you are one of the winners. The gesture has actually favored both the rich and the poor alike.

If you did receive a winning notification letter from the Lottery promotion, then you are very lucky, which calls for immense celebration. Should you desire to file in for your winning claim, please, re-visit the notification letter sent to you by the Lottery promotion and send your winning details to us to enable us process your winning and instruct the paying bank to transfer your fund to you.

The details we require include:

1. Name in Full:

2. Address:

3. Nationality:

4. Age:

5. Sex.

6. Occupation:

7. Marital Status:

8. Phone.

9. Fax:

These are the information we require to commence the formalization process. Without this information, we cannot process and verify your winning. This is also to avoid double claim and payment.

Thanks you.

Truly yours,

Mr. Maxwell........I now know 110% this is a scam after reading other peoples experiences.People shouldn't be able to get away with this,i struggle a lot of the time trying to make ends meet and winning a big amount of money like that would be a dream come true.:( Ah well :)

31st, July 2015

Posted By: karla arias

i resive a mail from gmail saing that i won 75000 thousand i need to know if that is true because they ask me for 400 dollars for shipping the cheke

24th, July 2015

Posted By: karla arias

i resive a mail from gmail saing that i won 75000 thousand i need to know if that is true because they ask me for 400 dollars for shipping the cheke

24th, July 2015

Posted By: erica herrera

Yes i received a mail that i won the lottery is this true ot false

22nd, July 2015

Posted By: Collee Jackson

I had received a couple of Certified Checks one was for 66,667.00 from PWA Global Inc. Suite 523, 414 S. Service RD. 2. Patchogue NY 11772-2286, David Thomas the director, Prize Data Division told me to paid 40.00 to have my check mailed, I did, also Scott Catha, director of Rappaport, Hitler and Crenshaw
for 1,560.00. This consumer fraud. Please call me at 312-856-7471, Chicago, IL

21st, July 2015

Posted By: Vigilant

There's a new version of the "You have been selected" e-mail Scam; supposedly I have just won a Land Rover.

"Congratulations from Land Rover Automobile Company.

You have been awarded with a brand new 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque PRESTIGE SUV with an ATM MasterCard cash prize of Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars."

We are happily to announce the official publication results of Computer Ballot Draw,
Electronic On-line Lottery organized by the Silverstar Plus Online promotion held on MAY
2015 and the result were release this 12th JUNE 2015 by TOCOP in conjunction with the GCC
Countries and Board of Trustees.

NOTE: Your Email Address has been picked from Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Foreign
Trade Division/Businesss Directory Organization in GCC Countries. This is a scientific
email program draw in which your email address was used. It is a promotional program that
encourages Business Users, Organization and Individuals as you do not require buying a
ticket to enter.

Your EMAIL was attached to Ticket No: 14-34-44-01-00-12, Lucky No: 8,10,78,90,12,67,01 BN
34 from 101,000 Email Addresses in GCC Countries and this qualifies you to be the
recipient of the grand Prize Award sum of US$950,000.00 in 4TH CATEGORY of the SILVERSTAR
PLUS ONLINE PROMOTION. All email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for
representation and privacy. You have therefore been approved to claim a Star Prize of
US$950,000.00 in cash credited to File No: PPO-01034431/2015.

To apply for your claims, you are advised to call (Mr.Jack Petersdorff) and to send to us
by email your: Full Name, P. O. Box Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers,Country name, and
your Winning Details such as: Ticket Number, Lucky Number, File Number and the Amount won
to the processing department below:

Mr.Jack Petersdorff
Tel:00-27-810-54-3344
Fax:00-27-866-607-966
SILVERSTAR PLUS ONLINE PROMOTION
The validity period of the winnings is (14) working days from the date you receive this
letter; Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after (14) working days of this
notice will result in the revision of award hence you are expected to make your claims
immediately by the contacting the Processing Department?.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

Yours Truly,
Mrs.Grace Krugers
Assistant Publication Manager

23rd, June 2015

Posted By: tony

Dear Winner.
This Email is to inform you that your email account has just won you
($750,000.00 USD) from the Google Gmail Promotion. Online email lottery
Power by Google
A random email balloting of 80 million addresses of the people that are
active online, among the people that subscribed to GOOGLE MAIL
worldwide.
We have selected 7 winners from 80 million emails, without the winner
applying. We are congratulating you for being one of the lucky beneficiaries
of this annual promotion.
However you will have to fill and Email the Below Details To:
gmgke@qq.com
Full name
Contact Address
Age
Telephone Number
Sex
Occupation
Country
STATE
Contact Lottery Events manager
Submit your information to the Events Manager’s email stated below
Marta Francisco
Email Address: gmgke@qq.com
(Events Manager)

16th, June 2015

Posted By: Francisco Aguilar

How can get reach, this is my cell (818)425-3549
9022 Cedros ave #34
Panorama city CA 91402
11/20/1974
Male
USA

14th, June 2015

Posted By: Laurence

I got one official looking actual letter in the mail, from International Fifa World Cup Online Lottery!! Beware of these fakes!

14th, June 2015

Posted By: Rashid bin saber

I'm send all details but not answer me this lottery fake

11th, June 2015

Posted By: Tita

today i got this in the form of document attachment.
CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION! AWARD PROMOTION! YEAR “2015”
From The Head Office of Sweepstakes National Lottery Award “2015”
Head Office Address: 51-75 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR
Contact Agent: Mr. Maxwell Edward: E-mail: edwardmaxwellpayagent@fastservice.com
TEL; +27 78 906 2367. / Fax; +27 86 571 5563
REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/2015-271040
BATCH NO: 2015APL#L015
WINNER NO: 30
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that your emails/company address has been selected for a cash prize offer as registered member of Internet E-mail user. You have subsequently won the sum of Seven Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars Only [US$720,000.00] from the Sweepstakes National Lottery international emails award promotion draw on the Easter April 5th, “2015”.

All participants were selected from worldwide websites through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania, as part of international "e-mails" award promotions program, which is conducted annually for prominent ms -word users all over the world, and to encourage the user of internet and alleviate poverty worldwide

Endeavor to call or email the agency your full details such as your winning information.
If you do not contact your claims (AGENT) within 72 hours of this notification, your winning could be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning information secret to avoid double claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.
Congratulations once again!!!
Regards,
Mrs. Julian Anderson (Announcement)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Mark Philip [Director].

NOTICE: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO. KINDLY CONTACT YOUR PAYMENT
AGENT ABOVE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS

10th, June 2015

Posted By: Francisco Aguilar

I am Francisco Aguilar,owner on web site,and winner of the site,but i have 3yrs did won the lottery but they stole my identify and they block me all ,need to remove all the third-party because i did not authorized no body ,and i did not have access to anny account how can reach because need how to get access,
Francisco Aguilar did not authorized to the the third-party and all person,

10th, June 2015

Posted By: syed

I recived an massage at my mobile number. U win one millon GBP plz send your name number and country and ref no AP10 at this email Apple.promo@outlool.com

8th, June 2015

Posted By: hira noor

I got same e.mail from sweepstakes is that also a fraud aww pity :D

7th, June 2015

Posted By: shea

Lottery/Sweepstakes Fraud - Scam Detector
scam-detector.com
How the scam works: .... This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is ... to pay the required $480.00 ONLY to Samuel Freeman via information in which he shall ...
This is what I sent him back it had his name on it.he works for James coney by the way

31st, May 2015

Posted By: Pilly

Beware of a scam email coming from "Powered by Google" offering you an award. Here it is, below:

Ref No: GFSP/ 7748/782/2015
Batch: GFSP/ 955/GPWIN/UK

Dear Info [here will be your first part of the email address],

It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes Organized by Google,in conjunction with the foundation for the Promotion of Software Products,(F.P.S.) held on May 1st 2015 here in London UK.Google earns its profit mainly from advertising using their very own Google search engine, Gmail, Yahoo,Hotmail ,All e-mail service Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut social networking and You Tube video sharing, which are all offered to the public for free.

We wish to congratulate you once again, for being among the Twelve (12) selected winners in the ongoing E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes.Hence we do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in your patronage to Google and its Products. A Bank Draft of ?950,000.00 GBP{Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds} will be issued in your name by our Foreign Payment Bureau and also a certificate of prize claim will be sent alongside your Bank Draft.

You are advised to contact our Foreign Payment Bureau with the following details below for the Processing of your Claims:

NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be WARNED!!!!

Your claims verification was received and has been processed by this office.On behalf of the GMAIL LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one(1) of our seven (7)GMAIL prize winners selected in this Annual promotion sweepstakes

Hence we do believe with your winning prize ,you will continue to be active and patronage to the / Gmail & Google. I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verification, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all online winners.

A winning check has been issued in your name by the Gmail/Yahoo Lottery board and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings check.

You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES) department in which your winnings check of {$750,000..00 USD} will be delivered to your residence.

Do contact the GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES company with the contact information (E-MAIL below) for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.

Please you should also send a copy of your winning verification form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference and verification purpose.

Do note that when contacting the courier company, you are to provide them with your details;
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Parcel pin number as stated below:
Residential address:
This will enable the Dispatch officer verify your claim with the files which has been sent to them.

Its is expected that you include your PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ( ) as the subject when contacting the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

The Google-G mail lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Google lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize successfully.

This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by CONTACTING GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges, you do not have to contact the GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICE Company and there is no deduction from your winning amount, and no payment on the time of delivery all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be release and deliver to your nominated home address successfully.

Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from , this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to send an email to me. Do have a nice day.

to Gmail
Well I've try to fine GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES
DISPATCH OFFICER: Mr Nolan Davis
CONTACT COURIER EMAIL : globalexpressinc@qq.com
Tel: +91-7795-668903
But can't fine Mr Nolan Davis to claim my prize successfully can you sent me the G Mail Address:
It took me here: Lottery/Sweepstakes Fraud - Social Networking ... - Scam Detector
I will try again to fine Mr Nolan Davis At GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES but if you can help me get there that would be nice of you.

17th, May 2015

Posted By: Sameera wisidagama

Hi,I received massage from euromillions mobile promo to my mobile number.its mention I won 2000,000.so I want to make sure its true or no.thanks.I received massage on this number.00971555873972

13th, May 2015

Posted By: L_Wolf

Dear Email User,

The Apple Incorporation Board are happy to congratulate you as one of the lucky winners to have won the sum of $600,000.00 USD with an Apple laptop and an iPhone, through our international promotion program. Your email address was among those chosen from our java-based software that randomly selects email addresses from the web and from various companies’ emails. Apple Incorporation Board was organized to promote global awareness of our products and also appreciate our users all over the world.
To receive more information in regard to how you are to claim your prize, you are to contact our 2015 lottery events manager; he is in better position to assist you in claiming your prize.

I was informed that I won the sum of 800,000 by fbi director... Samuel Freeman agent in charge says bank of america has money i have to pay 480 dollars for a fee. BEWARE!

8th, May 2015

Posted By: Jenna

I got the Nokia Lottery winning in collaboration with Microsoft lol $500,000.00 for the May Lottery promotion...

7th, May 2015

Posted By: Brenda

Rec'd email from Dr Robert Nnamdi foreign operation manager office of Nenin republic telling me I am to receive 5000 dollars if I send 85 dollars to them via western union his email is westermunion.office685@yahoo.com

7th, May 2015

Posted By: Randy

I received a call from telephone 876-373-9777. The man said we had won PCH for $385K and a new 2015 Mercedes. He gave us our claim number 539002 and ask us to call 866-996-5997 t see if they had our package in Columbus, GA. I told him I had performed a Google search on the number and it shows as a scam. I ask him for his name and he said F/U and hung up. I called the 876-373-9777 and ask to speak to F/U and he could not produce him but did curse me again.

Perhaps the Sheriff's Dept. can get F/U to the phone. His number is again, 876-373-9777

7th, May 2015

Posted By: Tomas Piva

Dear Email User
This email is to inform you that your email address has just won you $500,000.00 and a Nokia X2 Dual SIM Windows phone for the month of April 2015 lottery promotion, which is organized by MICROSOFT OUTLOOK WINDOWS & NOKIA. MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the email addresses of the people who are active online; among the people who subscribed also to Aol, Gmail and yahoo, we only select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the selected winners.
CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION.
Contact Email: GGML11@OUTLOOK.COM
1. FULL NAME:
2. ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION:
4. SEX:
5. AGE:
6. DIRECT PHONE NO:
7. STATE:
8. COUNTRY:
Thank you and accept my hearty congratulation once again

6th, May 2015

Posted By: Stacy Pullen

I also received a email from Mr.Maxwell Edward from the SWeepstakes National Lottery Claim say in I won $720,000 USD I enter in the Lottery all the time so I really thought I won about to pay $368 to receive it

3rd, May 2015

Posted By: Tracey Burns

This is the email that I received... Scam!!! My brother received the same one the day after I received this.
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of your winning sum of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars with an Apple laptop by Gmail Corporation, in conjunction with Microsoft Windows 8. We collect all the Gmail addresses of the people that are active online; among the people that subscribed to Gmail and various Microsoft Windows users. We only select five people every year as our winners, without the winner applying and we are also congratulating you for being one of them.
However you will have to fill and submit the below information to the events manager
Contact This Email Only: MWFTS@OUTLOOK.COM
1. Full Name:
2. Contact Address:
3. Age:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Sex:
6. Occupation:
7. State:
8. Country:
Contact the Events Manager Department
Submit your information to the email given above
Events Manager: Mr. Barry Delp

Note we don't respond to forwarding email,you have to submit your details to the email stated above.

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION! AWARD PROMOTION! YEAR “2015” From The Head Office of Sweepstakes National Lottery Award “2015” Head Office Address: 51-75 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR Contact Agent: Mr. Maxwell Edward: E-mail: edwardmaxwellpayagent@fastservice.com TEL; +27 78 906 2367. / Fax; +27 86 571 5563 REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/2015-271040 BATCH NO: 2015APL#L015 WINNER NO: 30 Dear Winner, We are pleased to inform you that your emails/company address has been selected for a cash prize offer as registered member of Internet E-mail user. You have subsequently won the sum of Seven Hundred and Twenty Thousand United State Dollars Only [US$720,000.00] from the Sweepstakes National Lottery international emails award promotion draw on the Easter April 5th, “2015”. All participants were selected from worldwide websites through our Microsoft computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 names, 3,000 names from each continent (Canada, Asia, Australia, United state, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania, as part of international "e-mails" award promotions program, which is conducted annually for prominent ms -word users all over the world, and to encourage the user of internet and alleviate poverty worldwide
As part of our security protocol you are to quote this security code MSW/APL/XX2015, REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/2015-271040, BATCH NO: 2015APL#L015 to your claiming agent. (Regarding the process to transfer your prize by our African payment offshore Bank in South Africa, kindly contact your claim agent immediately with bellow information: Contact Claim Agent Name: Mr. Maxwell Edward. E-mail: edwardmaxwellpayagent@fastservice.com Telephone: +27 78 906 2367 Fax: +27 86 571 5563 Provide us with your full details for your payment Full Name Surname/First: Telephone Number: Address/City: Country Origin: Occupation: Date of Birth: Gender: Email:
Endeavor to call or email the agency your full details such as your winning information. If you do not contact your claims (AGENT) within 72 hours of this notification, your winning could be revoked. Winners are advised to keep their winning information secret to avoid double claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner. Congratulations once again!!! Regards, Mrs. Julian Anderson (Announcement) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Mark Philip [Director].
NOTICE: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT BE ATTENDED TO. KINDLY CONTACT YOUR PAYMENT AGENT ABOVE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER DIRECTIONS

28th, April 2015

Posted By: Jessy

i was contacted a month ago by Morena Foster. I was told that my name was put in an automated machine to draw with 19 others for the prize money. I was placed eight. i was given my ticket # serial # Batch # etc. I was told i had to pay to collect it.

Miss Morena said she would help me with the payment to be made I paid a 100.00 usd to a Yemi Paul of Nigeria. the next day i was contacted by both fedex and Morena stating that the check was on its way but because of the amount the check issued for was against the u.s federal ministry of finance of canada . So the u.s. ministry of finance of canada along with fedex sent me a letter stating that i will have to pay another 1000.00usd or else they will claim the check. I explained to them before this i was scammed from a big company proclaiming the same thing but it was scammers. I told morena that i needed more proof so she sent me photos of fedex people with the contestants. also sent me the certificate withe the current companys address in the states which is 1601 willow road, menlo park ca, ca, 94025. she is still in contact with me every day and asking when i am going to pay, at first i did not heed her but alot of the stuff she was sending seem real because i do not know any better. Anyway i want this to stop!

27th, April 2015

Posted By: Asad memon

My bro won 200000 million lottery the text came from this no#00905488716156.now prob is that how will he get this money from you, his no#00923213043473.
So we are waiting your reply as soon as you could,

26th, April 2015

Posted By: andor.farki@gmail.com

your mobile number has won 2.000.000,00euro, in the
euromillions mega promo, for claim send email your name, mobile no& country to euromillionsdraw@outlook.com
Fake?...

CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are delighted to inform you that you have won 2014 Egame Lottery programme Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticket number;4706172507056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of ?900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand Euro's) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of ?7,200,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiduciary agent in South Africa Office,

NAME : DR Joe Simon
EMAIL : dr.joesimon@gmail.co.za

To file for your claim. Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programmer by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Rec'd email from Dr Robert Nnamdi foreign operation manager office of Nenin republic telling me I am to receive 5000 dollars if I send 85 dollars to them via western union his email is westermunion.office685@yahoo.com

17th, April 2015

Posted By: Martin

On friday,april 10 , 2015 I have received the same email ,so is it truth or not ? Thanks

We write to inform you officially that the Board of Director of the Debt Reconciliation Center,Inconjuction with the Federal Republic of Nigeria,Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria, Western union Agent Akpakpa with the UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION has approved the payment sum of US$500,000,00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) as a DEPT RECONCILIATION PAYMENT, for your Winning funds with Compensation Head office, deposited by the Uk Lottery Organization for payment to you as the Winning owner/Beneficiary of the amount US$500,000.00.

After the Law Enforcement judgement between the UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION Agent Mr. Goldman Smith and Compensation finance head office, The meeting held on the 9th of February, 2015,with the aformentioned office and banks, the Concluded arrangement has appointed our office (Western Union Money Transfer) to pay your unpaid Winning fund through western union electronic system for your easy pickup and to avoid further unforeseen delay that could make your fund not to get to you in a timely manner.

The Management of the UK LOTTERY ORGANISATION HEAD BRANCH here in West Africa have submitted your name, city and country information’s to our office for endorsement & daily activation of your payment which has been programmed to be transfered under installment at rate of $5,500.00 daily as Western Union laws here does not allow transferring funds above $5.500.00 at once from this country to another, but will be sending under installment of $5,500.00 daily till the amount is completely paid. In other words. We have today transferred your first installment payment available for your pickup at any western union office nearest to you, but still on hold due to the unpaid endorsement & daily activation file fee amount of $150.00 you supposed to pay before you can pickup your first installment today.

You will pickup the bellow installment at any western union office nearest to you with bellow information's as soon as you send the $150 endorsement & daily activation file fee. Immediately the Activation is made, You can track and trace your first installment payment online at https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/orderstatus.asp?country=global OR Call Western Union tracking number 1-800-325-6000 for avaiable fund verification purpose.

NOTE: YOU CAN NOT PICKUP YOUR FIRST INSTALLMENT PAYMENT, UNTIL YOU MEET UP WITH THE ACTIVATION CHARGES OF $150.00

To Avoid any atom of mistake, you are hereby required to reconfirm your payment receiver's name and address to avoid any mistake of payment activation during activation process of your payment as soon as the daily endoursement charges is paid.

Reconfirm the information as given to you below.

Receiver's Name:
Receiver's address:
Receiver's Tel. Number :

Please note that the receiver's information is very vital to us as the activation of your daily installment will be directing to your receiver's name and address.

The endorsement & daily activation file fee of $150 will be sending to our office here in care to ............ through any western union nearest to you:

Dear Email User
This email is to inform you that your email address has just won you
$500,000.00 and a Nokia X2 Dual SIM Windows phone for the month of April
2015 lottery promotion, which is organized by MICROSOFT OUTLOOK
WINDOWS & NOKIA. MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the email
addresses of the people who are active online; among the people who subscribed
also to Aol, Gmail and yahoo, we only select five people every year as our
winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We
congratulate you for being one of the selected winners.
CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION.
Contact Email: GGML11@OUTLOOK.COM
1. FULL NAME:
2. ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION:
4. SEX:
5. AGE:
6. DIRECT PHONE NO:
7. STATE:
8. COUNTRY:
Thank you and accept my hearty congratulation once ag

11th, April 2015

Posted By: Peter H

Here is a scam I received from "Microsoft Corporation UK":

Dear Winner.

You have been selected as a winner for using Microsoft services. Find attached email with more details.

Congratulations.

Dr.Owen Sagness

6th, April 2015

Posted By: John

Been sent an email saying ive won £250,000 also they have sent me another email asking me to download a doc to fill in all my details, i googled this scam and there is no Google awards!!! The email address of the Scammer is Googlesweepstakes2015@hotmail.com i hope this helps other people who they email.

6th, April 2015

Posted By: skylar

Dear Email User
This email is to inform you that your email address has just won you
$500,000.00 and a Nokia X2 Dual SIM Android Smartphone for the month of
April 2015 lottery promotion, which is organized by MICROSOFT OUTLOOK
WINDOWS & NOKIA. MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the email
addresses of the people who are active online; among the people who subscribed
also to Aol, Gmail and yahoo, we only select five people every year as our
winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We
congratulate you for being one of the selected winners.
NOTE: CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH
YOUR INFORMATION.
Contact Email: GGML11@OUTLOOK.COM
1. FULL NAME: 2. HOUSE ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION: 4. SEX: 5. AGE:
6. DIRECT PHONE NO: 7. STATE: 8. COUNTRY:
Thank you and accept my hearty congratulation once again!

5th, April 2015

Posted By: ADRYAN BIN ABDUL MAJID.

you win $800,000 +laptop Apple from email:googlelottoy 2014@gmail.com. Gmail/Microsoft loterry incorporation Ref:43210464537/99 Batch:24/00319/IPD (Global Courier Services)DIspatch officer::Mr.James KUMAR. Received11/2/2015 mostly research after COMFIRMED it will sent to resident address with in 24,48,72hours ?anyways I ll wait for good respond,See you then in best regard.Welldone.

3rd, April 2015

Posted By: julian

We are writing to inform you that your email have won $950,000.00 U.S Dollars and IPhone 6 Plus, Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch (MC976HN/A) which is organized by Apple Promotion Company Inc, Your Email Address was selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 900,000 emails from America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa as part of our International Promotions Program which is conducted annually, 10 people were selected as our winners.

mine was with apple, had no details in the letterhead and logo was pretty sketchy

2nd, April 2015

Posted By: Sheila

I received an email this morning from Alice House. The attachment was a letter from Microsoft/Nokia. Below is the body of the email:

Dear Email User
This email is to inform you that your email address has just won you
$500,000.00 and a Nokia X2 Dual SIM Android Smartphone for the month of
March 2015 lottery promotion, which is organized by MICROSOFT
OUTLOOK WINDOWS & NOKIA. MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the
email addresses of the people who are active online; among the people who
subscribed also to Aol, Gmail and yahoo, we only select five people every year
as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner
applying. We congratulate you for being one of the selected winners.
NOTE: CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH
YOUR INFORMATION.
Contact Email: GGML11@OUTLOOK.COM
1. FULL NAME: 2. HOUSE ADDRESS:
3. OCCUPATION: 4. SEX: 5. AGE:
6. DIRECT PHONE NO: 7. STATE: 8. COUNTRY:
Thank you and accept my hearty congratulation once again!

It has a Photo at the closing of the letter and I cannot paste it to this email.

Please get back with me to let me know what this attachment is and if it is a scam

2nd, April 2015

Posted By: skye

I just had one for 750,000 threw Google,Gmail promotion sweepstakes giveaway... They r telling me to contact trans global logistics services... Is this a scan or real

31st, March 2015

Posted By: Pappu

FOR TRACKING OF YOUR WINNING PARCEL, DO NOT VISIT THE COURIER SERVICE URL: http://www.midwayexpressn.de.vu

TRACKING NUMBER: MX410719UK

APPLE/iPHONE LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE

30th, March 2015

Posted By: nita

I got scammed by the same email. They should be locked up. Can someone help me to put a stop to these scammers,

30th, March 2015

Posted By: Kevin

My name is Kevin Fernandez and i won the gmail lottery my cellphone is 7863220734
I live at united states miami florida.
My adress (3643 sw 89th ct miami fl 33165)
I hope this is true
Thanks

20th, March 2015

Posted By: Anonymous

I got the same as Dan Cantele. It was addressed to a different email.

20th, March 2015

Posted By: jeffery c. meely

w750gm@qq.com

11th, March 2015

Posted By: jacqueline wineglass

to mr.David Keck i am the reciever name jacqueline wineglass my address is 526 wessinger street west my country name is the united states phone, 8035864899 i would like to recieve my mtcn i tryed to get mr.jim palidko on the phone butit couldnt go though if you would get in contact with him please let him know i was trying to het in contect.and if he could please send this information to my e-mail and i wiil thank you so much.

28th, February 2015

Posted By: Dan Cantele

I received the following in an email stating I was the Apple winner -

Dear Email User,
The apple national lottery board are happy to congratulate you as one (1) of the lucky winners to have won the sum of $600,000.00 USD with an Apple Laptop. Through our international promotion program. Your email address was among those chosen from our java-base software that randomly select email addresses from the web from various email companies. Apple lottery promotion was organized to promote global awareness of our products and appreciate our users all over the world.
The online lottery was concluded from an exclusive list of email addresses of people that are active online. We only select five people as our winners, without the winner applying and we are also congratulating you for being one of them.
FILL AND SUMMIT YOUR INFORMATION TO OUR EVENTS MANAGER BELOW,
Contact Email: applesweepstakes@outlook.com
1. Full Name:
2. Sex:
3. Age:
4. Resident Address:
5. Mobile Number:
6. State:
7. Country:
Contact the Events Manager Department
Submit your information to the email given above
Events Manager: Mr. Brian Williams

It was not sent to the email address that I listed below...

28th, February 2015

Posted By: renzo lamont scribner

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Dear Esteemed Customer: Renzo lamont Scribner

Welcome to Concordia International Forwarding Corporations. We are a well established company offering courier and transport services 24 hour a day for priority delivery of letters, parcels and consignments to any destination by road, air or sea.

We have a substantial team of couriers available for motorcycle dispatch plus van driver couriers in all size vehicles from small vans up to 7.5 tone and international couriers for dispatch by road, sea or air.This is to inform you that we are in possession of a certified parcel with identification number CLP/IS/9877 which is to be forwarded to you.

Your particulars have been received in this office from the Microsoft And Nokia Lottery office. This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the verification's Dept. at the headquarters of the MICROSOFT-NOKIA ONLINE LOTTERY. Your winning check, original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) stating that the money was obtained legally through their Lottery promotions and your Nokia x2 mobile phone will be sent to you.

We will only deliver the parcel to the address you have given us and who ever will be receiving the parcel must have a valid identification of him/herself.

To begin the final process of claims below are the mandatory shipment plan for this package that you are required to pay to enable us courier your certified parcel to you. You are allowed to choose one of our two specified shipment options.

Note: Concordia International Forwarding Corp do not carry out Cash On Delivery (C.O.D) facilities as all payments must be forwarded and confirmed at our Accounts Department before shipment can commence. Insurance on your parcel is compulsory because of the financial status of the parcel and moreover shipping the parcel without insurance will be an illegal act on our part. This means payment for the insurance and delivery fee must be made before shipment can commence to avoid risk. We can not afford to pay for your parcel if anything goes wrong. This is why your parcel must be insured.

Do confirm the delivery address and indicate your shipment option. All
orders not delivered within four (4) working days from this communication
will be returned to the lottery organisation. Do acknowledge the receipt of this mail.
We are glad to be of service to you, have a nice day.

i received the email stating i won 500,000$ the email address it came from was julioz@uga.edu the name julian austin jordan was associated with tbe email as was mr.barry delp so if you recieve an email with any of trse names associated with it know it is a scam and IGNORE it.

19th, February 2015

Posted By: maya koto

I also recieved email like this..
Pls someone call the police if this scam, so what they want for us except money?Dear Lucky winner: ? MAYAKOTO

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note,for being part of the winners selected for this Annual Lottery Promotions.The Microsoft Windows Mobile felicitate with you and your family.This promotion was set-up to encourage the active users of the Internet Microsoft Windows.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize ,you will continue to be active and patronage to the Microsoft Windows mobile.We wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verification's, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all online winners.

A winning check(Cheque)$500,000 00 US DOLLAR has been issued in your name by the Microsoft Nokia Lottery Board, Nokia X2 Dual SIM Windows Phone and also a certificate for prize claims had be sent along side your winning check(cheque) to our affiliated delivery company(CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CORP) to be delivered to you in person.

In case you still have doubts arising from the angle of how you got selected, note that the selection process was carried out through an electronic email ballot system where millions of email addresses where drawn from worldwide web email directories from which you have emerged as one of our lucky winners.

Furthermore, Do contact the CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CORPORATIONS company through information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.

Email Your Delivery Address To The Courier concordiafreight@foxmail.com
Full Name........................
Mailing Address.............................
Country Of Residence....................
Tel(Mobile)/fax.........................

CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CORPORATIONS
Mr Kevin Patel (Dispatch Officer)
Okhla Industrial Area, Delhi - 110020 INDIA
E-MAIL:concordiafreight@foxmail.com
Telephone Number: +91 7022 540103 ( 24 Hours)
Write to them immediately upon receipt of this email without wasting time, Once again, keep us posted on any development with the Security Company in respect to your lottery winnings and forward the required information's below to their email address above to enable them facilitate the delivery of your package to your designated location timely.

The Microsoft Windows Mobile Lottery office has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends, relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their ref numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. We have reached at a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning file, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, since the real winner was the informant to the double claimer about the lottery prize. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings details strictly confidential until you claims is finalized and processed.
This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL FORWARDING CORP are to be paid by you and not the lottery board,for the fact that we did not make any provision for any upcoming expenses,regarding delivery of parcel or any such.Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from, as the total amount has been insured to the its value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

It is expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBER(CLP/IS/9877) as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner and i will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them.If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Do have a nice day.

Best Regards,
Mr. Cox Hamilton
(Claims and Events Manager)

14th, February 2015

Posted By: Tonya Sanders

I received the some gmail lottery e-mail on 2-10-15, dating I had on 750,000 dollars and in morder to received it send e-mail to Events manager Marta Francisco.

13th, February 2015

Posted By: silly

I got this, from James Comey!

ATTN: BENEFICIARY

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $800,000.00 USD.from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check because the funds is in a fixed deposit account with the Bank of America.

You are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to make payment for following bills directly to the Lottery Agent In-Charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -

(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America )

The total amount for everything is $480.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $480.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you, the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( SAMUEL FREEMAN ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $480.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00 USD via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction : EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $480.00 ONLY to Samuel Freeman via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).

FBI Director James B. Comey This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.

Your claims verification was received and has been processed by this office.On behalf of the GMAIL LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one(1) of our five(13) G MAIL prize winners selected in this Annual promotion sweepstakes.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize ,you will continue to be active and patronage to the / Gmail & Google .I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verification, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on line winners.

A winning check has been issued in your name by the Gmail/Yahoo Lottery board and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings check.

You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES)department in which your winnings check of {$750,000..00 USD} has been sent to for delivery to your residence.

Do contact the GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.

Please you should also send a copy of your winning verification form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference and verification purpose.

Do note that on contact with the courier company, you are to provide them with your
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Parcel pin number as stated below:
Residential address:
This will enable the Dispatch officer verify your claim with the files which has been sent to them.

The Google-G mail/Yahoo & Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Google lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES are to be paid by you and not the lottery board,for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses,regarding delivery of parcel or any such.And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges,you do not have to contact the CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICE Company and there is no deduction from your winning amount,and no payment on the time of delivery all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be release and deliver to your nominated home address,.

Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from , this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value .This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

Its is Expected that you add your PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{global 9866} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.
I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them.If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.Do have a nice day.

I also just received this.
Be informed that your Gmail ID have won you prize money of $800,000 and one
Apple Laptop for last month of December 2014 lottery, sweepstakes, which is
organized and presented by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC &
WINDOWS 8.MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail and hotmail
addresses of people who are active online; among the people who subscribed to
Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people every year as our winners
through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We
congratulate you for being one of the people selected.
You will have to fill and submit the below information to the events manager
NAME:
PHONE NO:
ADDRESS:
AGE:
Submit your information above to the company email stated below
Name: Mr. Barry Delp
Email: googlegmlottoy2014@foxmail.com
Thank you and accept my hearty congratulations once again!

9th, January 2015

Posted By: Geordan

A fellow called me claiming to be john goodman, saying I won $2million. As I was about to curse this Jamaican, or Nigerian fellow out, I thought id go along with it, and gather as much information as I could. He called from 876-556-8292. He gave me his "badge number" 55680, I know it's no help, but I'm including it anyway. He gave me a receiver number: 35640951313, and also a check number:94644049957. All of this for a $150 green dot card. He said I won the money from a casino or a company in Las Vegas 303 Carson st. He also asked me a few questions for "security reasons". Please email me back ASAP, he will call me at 12:00c tomorrow on the 31st

6th, January 2015

Posted By: kirsten

Hello everybody,

I'm in France and i've received a mail about same of yours.
This Barry Delp is very generous!!!

In this mail they just need some informations that "full name, cell number and adresse"

They then use this information to steal your identity for other frauds.
be careful

5th, January 2015

Posted By: JF Drumm

I have received several of these "winner notifications" from Barry Delp, calling himself the Events Manager for GMail/Microsoft and informing me that I have won $500,000 in some sort of lottery. What is the best way to prevent whomever is sending these obvious scams from contacting me in the future? I have tried ignoring them, but I keep receiving the letters every few months. Is Microsoft aware of the scam? Is there nothing they can do about it, or do they just not care?

Your claims were received and have been processed by this office. On behalf of GMAIL/MICROSOFT LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one (1) of our five (5) Gmail/Microsoft winners selected in these annual promotion sweepstakes.
Hence, we do believe with your winning. You will continue to be an active patronage to Gmail/Microsoft Windows. You have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, validations and satisfactory report test conducted for all online winners.
A winning check was written in your name by Gmail/Microsoft Lottery Incorporation Board and also a certificate of claims will be sent along side your winnings check.
You are, therefore, expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL COURIER SERVICES) department in which your winnings check of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars {$500,000.00} & an Apple Laptop has been sent for delivery to your residence. Do contact the GLOBAL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.
Please you should also send a copy of your winning form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference purpose.
CONTACT GLOBAL COURIERS SERVICES VIA EMAIL
DISPATCH OFFICER: Mr. Wilfred Kumar
COMPANY EMAIL: couriercustomercare@outlook.com
CONTACT NUMBER Tel: +91 -814 -783-7491
Do note that on contact with the Global courier company, you are to provide them with your
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Security pin number as stated below:
Residential address:
This will enable the Dispatch officer to verify your claim with the files which have been sent to them.

Gmail/Microsoft Windows lottery discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friend's, relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friend try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winner. Microsoft Lottery reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner. As it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until your prize is fully claimed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by the Global Courier Service are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges, you don't have to contact the Global Courier Company, and there is no deduction from your winning amount, and no payment at the time of delivery, all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be released and deliver to your nominated home address.

Have it in mind that your won cannot be deducted; this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. It's expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS {Security/NUM/82641} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.
I will require a concise update on proceeding with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let us know. Do have a nice day.
Best Regards,
Mr. Barry Delp
(Events Manager)

Your claims verification was received and has been processed by this office.On behalf of the GMAIL LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one(1) of our five(13) G MAIL prize winners selected in this Annual promotion sweepstakes.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize ,you will continue to be active and patronage to the / Gmail & google .I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verification, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on line winners.

A winning check has been issued in your name by the Gmail/Yahoo Lottery board and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings check.

You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES )department in which your winnings check of {$750,000..00 USD} has been sent to for delivery to your residence.

Do contact the GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.

Please you should also send a copy of your winning verification form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference and verification purpose.

Do note that on contact with the courier company, you are to provide them with your
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Parcel pin number as stated below:
Residential address:
This will enable the Dispatch officer verify your claim with the files which has been sent to them.

The Google-G mail/Yahoo & Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Google lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES are to be paid by you and not the lottery board,for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses,regarding delivery of parcel or any such.And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges,you do not have to contact the CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICE Company and there is no deduction from your winning amount,and no payment on the time of delivery all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be release and deliver to your nominated home address,.

Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from , this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value .This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

Its is Expected that you add your PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{global 9866} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.
I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them.If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.Do have a nice day.

I got an emai from this Berry Delp. Can anyone tell me if it is true or not??

Gmail/Microsoft Lottery Incorporation
====================================
Ref: XYL /43210464537/99
Batch: 24/00319/IPD
Dear, Guaranteed Winner.
Your claims were received and have been processed by this office. On behalf of GMAIL/MICROSOFT LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one(1) of our five(5) Gmail/Microsoft winners selected in these annual promotion sweepstakes.
Hence we do believe with your winning. You will continue to be an active patronage to Gmail/Microsoft Windows. You have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, validations and satisfactory report test conducted for all online winners.
A winning check was issued in your name by Gmail/Microsoft Lottery Incorporation Board and also a certificate of claims will be sent along side your winnings check.
You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company(GLOBAL COURIER SERVICES)department in which your winnings check of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars {$ 800,000.00} & an Apple laptop has been sent for delivery to your residence.
Do contact the GLOBAL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.Please you should also send a copy of your winning form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference purpose.
CONTACT GLOBAL COURIERS SERVICES
DISPATCH OFFICER: Mr.James Kumar
COMPANY EMAIL: globacourierservicedept@outlook.in
CONTACT NUMBER Tel: +91 -888-653-6379
Do note that on contact with the courier company, you are to provide them with your

This will enable the Dispatch officer to verify your claim with the files which have been sent to them.
Gmail/Microsoft Windows lottery discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friend's relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winner. Microsoft Lottery reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until your prize is claimed.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS : This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by the GLOBAL Courier Service are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges, you don't have to contact the GLOBAL Courier Company and there is no deduction from your winning amount, and no payment at the time of delivery all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be released and deliver to your nominated home address.
Have it in mind that your won cannot be deducted, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.
It is expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{Security/Num/82641} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let us know. Do have a nice day.

Hi,
My name is Kathryn and I received an email from G mail Windows 8 informing I had won $500,000 in a gmail lottery and was one of 5 winners plus would receive a Apple laptop with windows 8. Send details and to contact a Barry Delp. I live in Australia and thanks to google and your Scam detector web site I did not make contact.
Thank you,
Kathryn

14th, December 2014

Posted By: Ashlie

Ref:XYL/26510460037/05
Batch:24/00319/IPD
Dear, Guaranteed Winner: Ashlie Gosenberg
Your claims were received and have been processed by this office. On behalf of GMAIL/MICROSOFT LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one (1) of our five (5) Gmail/Microsoft winners selected in these annual promotion sweepstakes.
Hence, we do believe with your winning. You will continue to be an active patronage to Gmail/Microsoft Windows. You have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, validations and satisfactory report test conducted for all online winners.
A winning check was written in your name by Gmail/Microsoft Lottery Incorporation Board and also a certificate of claims will be sent along side your winnings check.
You are, therefore, expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL COURIER SERVICES) department in which your winnings check of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars {$500,000.00} and a Laptop has been sent for delivery to your residence. Do contact the GLOBAL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.
Please you should also send a copy of your winning form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference purpose.
CONTACT GLOBAL COURIERS SERVICES VIA EMAIL
DISPATCH OFFICER: Mr. Wilfred Kumar
COMPANY EMAIL: info@globalcourierlimited.org
CONTACT NUMBER Tel: +91 -814 -783-7491
Do note that on contact with the Global courier company, you are to provide them with your
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Security pin number as stated below:
Residential address:
This will enable the Dispatch officer to verify your claim with the files which have been sent to them.

Gmail/Microsoft Windows lottery discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friend's relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winner. Microsoft Lottery reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner. As it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until your prize is fully claimed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by the Global Courier Service are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges, you don't have to contact the Global Courier Company, and there is no deduction from your winning amount, and no payment at the time of delivery, all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be released and deliver to your nominated home address.

Have it in mind that your won cannot be deducted; this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. It's expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS {Security/NUM/82641} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.
I will require a concise update on proceeding with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let us know. Do have a nice day.
Best Regards,
Mr. Barry Delp
(Events Manager)

I got this email a few days ago.... I have entered in alot of sweepstakes... It has changed a bit though... I'm not going to state what threw me off because it seems that they may look at this because it seems most of what it stated that throws people off is changed.. I Google's alot of the info given about the corporations and names and have found them to be legit things or close to. Till I looked up the Gmail lottery part that is and. Found this site.... What it the point of these I don't get it... Anyways here is the email

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Ref:XYL/26510460037/05
Batch:24/00319/IPD
Dear, Guaranteed Winner: Ashlie Gosenberg
Your claims were received and have been processed by this office. On behalf of GMAIL/MICROSOFT LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one (1) of our five (5) Gmail/Microsoft winners selected in these annual promotion sweepstakes.
Hence, we do believe with your winning. You will continue to be an active patronage to Gmail/Microsoft Windows. You have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, validations and satisfactory report test conducted for all online winners.
A winning check was written in your name by Gmail/Microsoft Lottery Incorporation Board and also a certificate of claims will be sent along side your winnings check.
You are, therefore, expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL COURIER SERVICES) department in which your winnings check of Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars {$500,000.00} and a Laptop has been sent for delivery to your residence. Do contact the GLOBAL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.
Please you should also send a copy of your winning form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference purpose.
CONTACT GLOBAL COURIERS SERVICES VIA EMAIL
DISPATCH OFFICER: Mr. Wilfred Kumar
COMPANY EMAIL: info@globalcourierlimited.org
CONTACT NUMBER Tel: +91 -814 -783-7491
Do note that on contact with the Global courier company, you are to provide them with your
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Security pin number as stated below:
Residential address:
This will enable the Dispatch officer to verify your claim with the files which have been sent to them.

Gmail/Microsoft Windows lottery discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friend's relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winner. Microsoft Lottery reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner. As it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until your prize is fully claimed.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS: This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by the Global Courier Service are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges, you don't have to contact the Global Courier Company, and there is no deduction from your winning amount, and no payment at the time of delivery, all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be released and deliver to your nominated home address.

Have it in mind that your won cannot be deducted; this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. It's expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS {Security/NUM/82641} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.
I will require a concise update on proceeding with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let us know. Do have a nice day.
Best Regards,
Mr. Barry Delp
(Events Manager)

Dear Winner,
We are Pleased to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) with Apple Laptop by Gmail Lottery in conjunction with the Microsoft Outlook Window 8. We collect all the gmail addresses of the people that are active online. Among the people that subscribed to Gmail and various Microsoft window users, we only select five people every year as our winners, without the winner applying ,we are congratulating you for being one of them.

However you will have to fill and submit the below information to the events manager

1. Full Name
2. Contact Address
3. Age
4. Telephone Number
5. Sex
6. Occupation
7. Country
8. STATE
9. I...........................................hereby
Declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If
At any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.
Contact Events manager Lottery Department
Submit your information to the company email stated below
Name: Mr. Barry Delp
Email: gmail.agent@foxmail.com
i got this and thought it was real for a second then thought id look it up on here first googly knows everything

Your claims were received and have been processed by this office. On behalf of GMAIL/MICROSOFT LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one(1) of our five(5) Gmail/Microsoft winners selected in these annual promotion sweepstakes.
Hence we do believe with your winning. You will continue to be an active patronage to Gmail/Microsoft Windows. You have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, validations and satisfactory report test conducted for all online winners.
A winning check was issued in your name by Gmail/Microsoft Lottery Incorporation Board and also a certificate of claims will be sent along side your winnings check.
You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company(GLOBAL COURIER SERVICES)department in which your winnings check of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars {$ 800,000.00} & an Apple laptop has been sent for delivery to your residence.
Do contact the GLOBAL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.Please you should also send a copy of your winning form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference purpose.
CONTACT GLOBAL COURIERS SERVICES
DISPATCH OFFICER: Mr.James Kumar
COMPANY EMAIL: globacourierserviceltd@outlook.com
CONTACT NUMBER Tel: +91 -779 -583-9752
Do note that on contact with the courier company, you are to provide them with your

This will enable the Dispatch officer to verify your claim with the files which have been sent to them.
Gmail/Microsoft Windows lottery discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friend's relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winner. Microsoft Lottery reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until your prize is claimed.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS : This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by the GLOBAL Courier Service are to be paid by you and not the lottery board, for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses, regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges, you don't have to contact the GLOBAL Courier Company and there is no deduction from your winning amount, and no payment at the time of delivery all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be released and deliver to your nominated home address.
Have it in mind that your won cannot be deducted, this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.
It is expected that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{Security/Num/82641} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let us know. Do have a nice day.

Best Regards,
Mr.Barry Delp

18th, November 2014

Posted By: Charon Powers

Dear Winner,
We are Pleased to inform you that you have won a prize money of ($500,000.00 USD) with MacBook Air Supreme Laptop by Gmail Lottery in conjunction with the Microsoft Outlook Window 8. We collect all the gmail addresses of the people that are active online. Among the people that subscribed to Gmail and various Microsoft window users, we only select five people every year as our winners, without the winner applying ,we are congratulating you for being one of them.

However you will have to fill and submit the below information to the events manager
1. Full Name
2. Contact Address
3. Age
4. Telephone Number
5. Sex
6. Occupation
7. Country
8. STATE
9. I...........................................hereby
Declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If
At any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my winnings.
Contact Events manager Lottery Department
Submit your information to the company email stated below
Name: Mr. Barry Delp
Email: gmalpt@outlook.com

17th, November 2014

Posted By: jane

My name is jane I they sent this one to my mail today being sunday 16/11/2014. Final Notification We are Happy to inform you about the November Notice that Your Gmail ID have won you prize money of $ 800,000 and one Apple Laptop for this month of November 2014 lottery, sweepstakes, which is organized and presented by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8.MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail and hotmail addresses of people who are active online; among the people who subscribed to Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

NOTE: CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION.

Contact Email: googlelottoy2014@foxmail.com

1. FULL NAME:

2. DIRECT PHONE NO:

3. AGE:

4. HOUSE ADDRESS:

Thank you and accept my hearty congratulations once again!

16th, November 2014

Posted By: SONIA CASTRO

THIS HAPPEND TO ME SO NOW WHAT???

14th, November 2014

Posted By: Carlos

Just another scam:

Congratulations this is to certify that your Gmail address have won you $500.000.00 USD, and an Apple laptop for this 2014 annual sweepstakes lottery, that were organized by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC, & WINDOWS 8.MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail addresses of people that are active online; among the people who subscribed to Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

11th, November 2014

Posted By: Alberto Arze-Aguirre

Yesterday I received this Email: Is it a scam as it sounds?
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This email is to inform you that your Gmail address has won you $500.000.00, and an Apple

laptop for this 2014 annual lottery sweepstakes, which are organized by GMAIL &

MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8.

MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail addresses of people that are active online;

among the people who subscribed to Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people

every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner

applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

NOTE: CONTACT THE EMAIL GIVEN BELOW WITH YOUR INFORMATION.

Contact Email: gmail.agent@foxmail.com

1. FULL NAME: 2. HOUSE ADDRESS:

3. OCCUPATION: 4. SEX: 5. AGE:

6. DIRECT PHONE NO: 7. STATE: 8. COUNTRY:

Thank you and accept my hearty congratulations once again!

7th, November 2014

Posted By: Amelia

I got an email from fernandezpuentes.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu. Beware of this Fernandez Puentes criminal, if that's his real name!!!

6th, November 2014

Posted By: Victoria gusto

I have received the same message.
This email is to inform you that your Gmail address have won you $500.000.00, and an Apple Laptop for this 2014 annual lottery promotion, which are organized by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8. MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail addresses of the people that are active online; among the people who subscribed to Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

Hi I am Daud.
This what got on email, and I don't know where it came from.
I want share with you.
This email is to inform you that your Gmail address have won you $500.000.00 and an Apple Laptop for this annual 2014 lottery promotion, which is organized by GMAIL & MICROSOFT OUTLOOK LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS 8. MICROSOFT WINDOWS collects all the Gmail addresses of the people that are active online; among the people who subscribed to Gmail and Outlook. Gmail, we only select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting system without the winner applying. We congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

This is to inform you that your email was selected for a cash prize for our Month's Lottery promotion. Kindly get to us for further details.

FreeLotto®

7th, October 2014

Posted By: Gerald Melvin

I was informed my e mail address was one of 5 winners of gmail, outlook and Microsoft lottery, I sent them my name, adress, occupation, sex, age, phone number, state, country. I feel very gull able, what kind of damage can happen to me giving this information. I had to send the information to gmailagent@ foxmail.com

5th, October 2014

Posted By: Santos

A few days ago I received an e-mail stating that I was one of five winners in a September 2014 lottery promotion. This was organized by Gmail and Microsoft lottery Inc.& Windows 8.

E-mail instructed me to send my full name, address and phone number, and the country I live in long with my gender. And I was to send it to this e-mail address gmcrst@outlook.com. I sent the information they required and received a e-mail the following day from Barry Delp events manager.

The e-mail stated I had qualified for the grand prize with the information I provide. It provided the information for me to contract the Global Courier Company. I am to provide them my name, and address, phone number, and a security number listed in the e-mail.

It also stated that I would be responsible for the cost of delivery of the prize. It also stated that I would have to pay the cost of delivery in advance to the courier company. Before I go any further with this situation I would like your knowledge of this lottery promotion, and the promoters.

17th, September 2014

Posted By: Divine

Here is another one:

Dear Lucky Winner,
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of £500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) for the Yearly Coca-Cola Lottery promotion United Kingdom which is organized by Coca-Cola in conjunction with Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company, “Your Email Address" were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Nine hundred thousand email from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, we have only selected 20 people as our winners, through electronic ballot System without the winner applying.

3rd, September 2014

Posted By: ashley

do u think this Is a scam? it came in my imbox not spam & it said:

Dear, (my first & last name) & I do these sweapstakes al the time Your claims verification was received and has been processed by this office. On behalf of the GMAIL LOTTERY we felicitate with you and your family for being one(1) of our five(13) G MAIL prize winners selected in this Annual promotion sweepstakes.

Hence we do believe with your winning prize ,you will continue to be active and patronage to the /Gmail & google .I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory obligations, verification, validations and satisfactory report Test conducted for all on line winners. A winning check has been issued in your name by the Gmail/Yahoo Lottery board and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winnings check.

You are therefore expected to contact our affiliated delivery company (GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES )department in which your winnings check of {$750,000..00 USD} has been sent to for delivery to your residence. Do contact the GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES company with the contact information below for further instructions on how to send the consignment to your location and the amount to be charged for the delivery.

Please you should also send a copy of your winning verification form containing your winning details down to the courier company for reference and verification purpose.

Do note that on contact with the courier company, you are to provide them with your

Full Name:
Phone Number:
Parcel pin number as stated below:
Residential address: This will enable the Dispatch officer verify your claim with the files which has been sent to them.

The Google-G mail/Yahoo & Microsoft Windows lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, this friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Google lottery has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the cancelling of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.

This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees. Services rendered by CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICES are to be paid by you and not the lottery board,for the fact that the lottery organizers didn't make any provision for any upcoming expenses,regarding delivery of parcel or any such. And also if you are not going to make the delivery charges,you do not have to contact the CONTACT GLOBAL EXPRESS SERVICE Company and there is no deduction from your winning amount,and no payment on the time of delivery all outstanding fees must be made to them before your parcel can be release and deliver to your nominated home address,. Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from , this is because the total amount has been insured to the real value .This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds. Its is Expected that you add your PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{global 9866} as the subject of any correspondence with the courier company to ensure they respond in a timely manner.

I will require a concise update on proceedings with the firm as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know. Do have a nice day.

I am advised that 3.5 million dollars from American Sweepstakes, has my name on it & also that my name has been Red Tagged. I understand that the reason for the Red Tag is due to the investigation into the monitary scams that have taken advantage of me. It would seem that I am quite niave.

At this time I am advised by Bureau of Consumer Protection that due to the large amount of money, that I need to put up roughly $29,999.00 to protect & insure the movement of this money. There already is about $1900.00 from the previous scams I have fallen into, so that is in the system & I would hope that , that money could cover the cost of moving the 3.5M to me.

However I am doing as instructed & taking out the money from my IRA, for one to two days, until such time that I have the money back. At that time a Mr. Walton & Mr. Berstein will see to it that I receive the money that I put up for protection. This is to take place tomorrow Monday,8/10/14.

Additionally,a Mr. Elizia Watertower with the Gaming & Lottery Commission claims that he will stop The Sweepstakes that are in my name unless I get him a $450.00 Western Union Money Gram for the delivery of the money & a Mercedes by tomorrow morning.

Apparently Mr Watertower he claims he works for the Federal Sweepstakes Lottery Investigation. He won't stop calling me and bad mouthing Mr. Walton.

Mr. Waterhouse has gotten several dollars more from me in the last (3) weeks. I don't know what to do or which one to believe. I feel like I can trust Mr Walton however I am risking a lot by taking out of my Ira. Can you help me? Will you be able to find out who of these people are honest? Thank you,

Hope to hear from you soon.

11th, August 2014

Posted By: Elwyn

I got an inbox from my mums sister stating that she won 50,000 cash delivered by FedEx courier van from International Freedom Lottery,she said that my name was on the list and i was elibible to claim my cash prize, so i was advised to add this person MAREE LIENERT that was suppose to be the "Senior coordinator for Facebook Freedom Lottery" she would advice me in what to do in claiming my Funds, so i did as she asked of me and suffered the consiqences at the end as after i had paid the fees of $3,700 to receive my funds i found out it was one big scam, I really thought i was talking to my Aunty through my inboxes but apparently she hadnt been on facebook for about a few weeks prior to that week, Someone had hacked into my Aunty's account and inboxed me all this crap about International Lotto cash funds which i fell for, The money that i send was basically all my Centrelink Family money i just received and lost due to not checking out things properly, so whatever you do always check out everthing before you even consider the money side of things, Now im paying for it big time with no money to do and clothes shopping, can't pay any bills or food shopping for that matter, now i hace to get help off the government becuse of all this scam and fraud

1st, August 2014

Posted By: Jennifer Henderson

I had Claren Marris told me last night. She was one the FB agent. She said i won $100,000 in lottery. I like to know that's true or not.

27th, June 2014

Posted By: Donna D Taylor

RE: FACEBOOK HEAD OFFICE?

Dyan Taylor 4/25/14 Keep this message at the top of your inbox
To: facebook group
d_dyan@live.com
I choose check delivery!

FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
CATEGORY: 2ND

Attn: DYAN TAYLOR

Congratulations once again and thanks for your quick response. We need to let you know that this Annual Lottery Draws is 100% real and legal. The draws was initiated by the by CEO of Face Book in the person of Mark Zuckerberg

As a matter of fact the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI of the USA) is aware of this on going lottery promotions, so you have nothing to worry about.

The Lottery was initiated to be as a compensation to customers and to assist them financially (Annually) with the total sum of $100,000.00 USD (six Hundred Thousand United state dollars) which will get to you as soon as possible.

You are to choose one of the three listed payment option below and your winnings shall be packaged in accordance to the option you chose:

Once you confirm your preferred payment option, you shall then be furnished with details on how your winning amount will be sent you in accordance with your payment option.

I hope you will find the above message understanding and your cooperation will be most needed in this matter
Note: Any unclaimed prize will be returned to the treasury of THE FACE BOOK HEADQUARTERS. You are advised to keep your winning details strictly to yourself and not

STEVEN LERRY
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MR MARK ZUCKERBERG CEO FACEBOOK TEAM

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Dyan Taylor wrote:
Name: Donna D. Taylor
Mobile number: 256-281-9666
Home Address: 1445 Brown St. Apt. 303
Boaz Alabama 35957-5983
Please help me! I gave this personal info to Sara Byrd as a rep for facebook as you will see from recent email they sent me I sent here to you! What do I do to protect myself since they have this info...I dont know if they have my IP address ar not!

27th, April 2014

Posted By: Alfred

Early last year, I donated money to a certain charity on cancer treatment for children. Then came the Wounded/paralyzed/Hospitalized Soldiers Warriors, etc,etc and now my mailboxis full of junk mail everyday, all about ...."you won $1M, $7 thousand a week for life, $12T lump sum or monthly installment, etc. There's "no purchase necessary, gift won't improve your chance of winning, but make a check payable to ..... as a gift." I sent a dollar, cash, then came a "sign" that my donation was received, you sign to confirm (ask money for processing), then comes another letter saying "it's your deadline to respond". You intentionally pass their deadlind, then another letter comes with another deadline, and so on.

Meanwhile, you get flooded with email... "play everyday to win....." . Or, notice that if you do not respond, your name will be deleted from the list of winners", etc. etc threats.... I bet, I will never win because these are all scams!

24th, April 2014

Posted By: black bird

For my unfortunate luck of being a jerk, I fell victim to such a scam that was in the name of "Google UK". That was a "Sweepstaking Notification". But at that time, I just have never heard about scams like that before done via the internet. I live in the Middle East and I just didn't happen to know about scams occuring in Europe and the U.S. Only after I had been scamed via the e-mail, I came to read numerous material about e-scams, and that is how I became to be aware of such things.

I need you to confirm to me that i have your address and information correctly before i go ahead in sending your winning check to you and check in with your name on the scan of your check that was sent to you in the attachment before we go ahead to send it.

Please confirm to me that i have your particulars correctly before i go ahead in sending your check out to you.

Name:
DOB:
Address:
Phone:

Please confirm to me that i can go ahead with your winnings delivery to you ASAP.

24th, July 2013

Posted By: Mary

Here is another one:

Attn: Beneficiary,
The United States of America Co-operation Management in Conjunction with United Nation Worldwide are pleased to inform you that you are Among the 10 Winners of our Annual Year Lotto Lottery Conducted in the United Sates of America held on 27th of June 2013. Your Email Address Email was Attached to with Serial Number S/N-00221 and Consequently Won in the First Lucky 10 Winner's Lottery Category.
You are therefore been Approved to claim the Sum of Usd$5,000.000.00 only (Five Million United States Dollars) only payable in wire Transfer from Jp Morgan Chase Bank New York City 270 Park Ave. New York City Be informed that every arrangement regarding your payment through Telegraphic Wire Banking transfer has been made by our mangement.
You will have to re-confirm your full information which will be used to set up the account on your name here in the JP Morgan Chase Bank New York 270 Park Ave. New York City
Full Name, Direct Home Address, Phone Number sex and age.

My wife Violet and I Allen Large won 11.3M USD in a lottery 6-49 in July, 2010 and we have decided to donate the sum of 2M USD to you.

Contact us via our personal email for more details (allenvioletlarge008@hotmail.com) You can verify our story by visiting the web page below.

[fake link from CTV]

Co-ordinator: Christine Farrell

23rd, May 2013

Posted By: Glenda

I was one of these that Janson Jackson got me for 960.00 said I won car and 1.5 million. Then he wanted another 750.00 to delivery may car and money he didn't know he had to pay a fee to get to Indiana. I didn't give him any more money and he kept calling telling he need to get package deliver as soon as possible .
This started in January and he still calling me for more money. So please if anyone is reading this story please do not send them no money. They scam me for 960.00 western union told do not send them nothing because it wasabigscam and they where right.

18th, March 2013

Posted By: Paulinho

I got one claiming to be from the Arsenal Football Club - soccer in England. Check it out:

Dear Sir/Madam,
We the Arsenal Football Club are pleased to inform you about the announcement made today at the ARSENAL LOTTO HEADQUARTERS you have won a prize money of Two Million, three hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain pounds (£2,350,000.00 GBP) in cash as one of the third category winners for the random International E-mail Draw which is Organized by the Arsenal Lotto through random selection from all the email addresses of the 600,000 regular Arsenal supporting visitors to our Chinese website and a growing number of 16,000,000 supporters’ and groups all over the world from people email that are still active online.

Note all Arsenal Lotto Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Arsenal Lotto cash award must be claimed not later than final claim day from date of winning notification. any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and put to work at the Arsenal Foundation. as your winning information's includes attached to online random voucher ticket number 22-343-221-8756, with serial code number 01132-0454-17 the lucky numbers 3, 8, 13, 22, 27, 41 and Legend of the week number 42, Winning insurance number: FLS423/ 4501L /KYSA, Reference Number: SPDC-081511 and consequently You have therefore been approved for the payment of the sum of GBP £2,350,000.00 GBP (Two Million, three hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain pounds) which is the winning present /amount for each winner.

This is from the total prize money of £36,000,000.00 GBP (thirty six million Great Britain pounds) shared among the international winners in this category. Please be informed that your awarded fund by Arsenal Lotto the of the sum of £2,350,000.00 GBP is now with the payee center in accordance with your Settlement Center.

Kindly Contact your fiduciary agent in China [Dr. Cheng Dingxiang] and give them your full detail below so that they will re-insure your winning under your full name and direct you to the bank for payment as your winning numbers fall within the China Mainland Location file,

Note: For security reasons we advice all winners to keep their information confidential from the public especially your batch ref and reference number.(This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participants or unofficial personnel as a case of double claiming will not be entertained)

Awards must be claimed not later than 3 weeks from the day of this notification, otherwise all funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually be donated to the Arsenal Foundation.

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Mr. Ivan Gazidis
Arsenal Football Club CEO and trustee of The Arsenal Foundation
Arsenal Lotto Headquarters
Premier League Arsenal Football Club

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